Sibyl Kempson (born 1973) is an American playwright and performer.
Kempson was raised in Pequannock Township, New Jersey.Rubsam, Robb. "Beckoning Bigfoot: Mount Tremper Arts premieres Sasquatch Rituals", Hudson Valley One, October 12, 2017. Accessed August 18, 2019. "When Sibyl Kempson begins her Performance Writing classes at Sarah Lawrence University, she asks her students to dig back into their lives and find the experiences from their childhood that brought them to that class with her on that day. But she only finally discovered her own. When the playwright was growing up in suburban Pequannock, New Jersey, she had a neighbor named Mr. Lonsky."
Academics and fellowships She received her B.F.A. in 1995 from Bennington College and her M.F.A. in 2007 from Brooklyn College. Sibyl has taught at Brooklyn College, The New School, and Sarah Lawrence College.
She is a 2014 USA Rockefeller Fellow and a MacDowell Colony Fellow.
Collaborators New York City Players, Elevator Repair Service, Big Dance Theater,Big Dance Theater website Advanced Beginner Group, Mike Iveson, Rude Mechanicals (theater company), Salvage Vanguard, Physical Plant, Rubber Rep. She received the 2018 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for an American Playwright in Mid-career.
She is a member of New Dramatists, class of 2017.
Plays
The Wytche of Problymm Plantation Bad Girls, Good Writers The Secret Death of Puppets (or) How Do Puppets Die? (or) Puppets Die In Secret Ich, Kürbisgeist Potatoes of August Crime or Emergencyavailable at Soho Rep Bookstore Restless EyePublished by PAJ So Much To Go Crazy River of Gruel, Pile of Pigs: The Requisite Gesture(s) of Narrow Approach
References
External links "Baby, They Were Born To Run (Faster!)", NYTimes "It Could Be a Garden Party, Even the Final One", NYTimes "What's Afoot in a Garbled Pumpkin Patch", NYTimes New York City Players official website, Sibyl Kempson bio Elevator Repair Service Theater official website Soho Rep Bookshop 53rd State Press official website